Level 4 · Sixteenths & Fills · 4-4
The traveling accent
Accent control: same notes, one loud note that moves.
What you play
B bass · S snare · g ghost · restbar 1 · accent on 1
1
g
&
g
2
g
&
g
3
g
&
g
4
g
&
g
bar 2 · accent on the & of 1
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g
&
g
2
g
&
g
3
g
&
g
4
g
&
g
bar 3 · accent on 2
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g
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g
2
g
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g
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g
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g
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g
&
g
bar 4 · accent on the & of 2
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g
&
g
2
g
&
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3
g
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g
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bar 5 · accent on 3
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g
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g
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3
g
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g
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bar 6 · accent on the & of 3
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g
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g
2
g
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3
g
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g
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bar 7 · accent on 4
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g
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4
g
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bar 8 · accent on the & of 4
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g
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2
g
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3
g
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4
g
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g
65 BPM
startpass
How to play it
- 1Quiet eighth-note ghosts . Everything stays ghost quiet except one stroke per bar.
- 2Bar 1 accents 1, accents the & of 1, accents 2, and so on through all eight bars, then start over.
- 3Announce the accent out loud before each bar on early attempts.
- 4The accent is one loud finger snap inside a quiet stream. Surgical. The off-beat ones are the payoff, give them extra reps.
- 5Record about 90 seconds.
Listen forA single clear accent per bar that audibly moves position each bar while the underlying eighths stay even and quiet.
start 65 · pass 80 BPM · take about 90s
Record a take
I start the click at 65 BPM, count one bar, and stop after about 90s. Phone about a metre away, facing the front plate. You get my notes within a minute of sending it.
Watch out for
- • Neighbours of the accent getting louder too (the accent leaking)
- • A tempo hiccup at each accent
- • Losing count of which bar you are in. Count.